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Control surfaces over Ethernet
this is mostly for Bob, but if anyone else could chime in, thanks
we have to add some Euphonix control surfaces into an Ethernet SAN installation i’ve done. all the Ethernet ports are taken with the SAN hookups (one SAN, one office network). can i get a cheap ethernet switch for each system and connect the control surface into that (shared with the office network). or do i need to get more Ethernet cards for the computers? Bob, i know you’ve run into issues with adding these to Ethernet SAN installs. is there any advice you have?
thanks
e
Eric Hansen – The Audio Visual Plumber – http://www.avplumber.com
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run the Euphonix back to the Small Tree switch, and go into the Euphonix menus and assign it a unique STATIC IP ADDRESS that is different from the other clients, and it will work beautifully. (yes, you have to read the Euphonix manual, on assigning an IP address). You don’t need any other switches. And if you dont’ want to do this, buy a single port ethernet card from Small Tree, stick it into the computer you want to use (it will cost you all of $99), and now you have a new wonderful port that will not conflict with anything, and work great with the Euphonix. But if you want to spend ZERO money, just run a cable from the MC_Color back to the existing Small Tree switch, and assign a unique IP address (make believe it’s another FCP client).
BobZelin
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thanks bob
they are actually MC Controls, but i could see adding an MC Color down the road.
its kinda funny that we ran 6 Cat 6 lines to each edit suite and we’re already running out of ports – 2 for the edit system, one for RS422, now one for the Euphonix, one for the editor’s laptop, one for Plasma TV because they have ethernet ports and of course they have to be plugged in too to watch YouTube, one was supposed to be for the phone system, wait, now the client in the back of the suite wants to hook up his laptop so he can watch footage too, etc
might have to go the switch route. $30 switch per suite is better than a $99 ethernet card.
thanks again for the info
e
Eric Hansen – The Audio Visual Plumber – http://www.avplumber.com
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everyone says “do we really need a 48 port switch”.
You now know the answer.BobZelin
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everyone says “do we really need a 48 port switch”.
You now know the answer.BobZelin
Too funny Bob…that’s EXACTLY what I said when we were building out system almost 2 years ago. I think we ended up with 7 or 8 open ports when we were all done. Our shop has 4 edit systems, 1 audio workstation and 11 office PCs, but many of those have mutliple ethernet cards in them so it eats up ports pretty quickly.
And now that we’re in the middle or re-doing our conference room we’re taking up 2 of those ports for it.
Chris Blair
Magnetic Image, Inc.
Evansville, IN
http://www.videomi.com
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